Ooctonus albiclavus (lat.) - a type of parasitic insect - a chalicide (Chalcidoidea) from the family Mymaridae . Endemic of South Africa [1] .
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Content
- 1 Distribution
- 2 Description
- 3 Etymology
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Distribution
South Africa (KwaZulu-Nata, Transvaal) [1] [2] .
Description
Hymenoptera insects of a microscopic size dark brown in color. The body length is about 1 mm (the female is 922-1050 microns in size ). the abdomen is smooth, the length of the ovipositor is 287-362 microns, the front wings are 1079-1169 microns, the hind wings are 814-839 microns. Flagellum of females contains 8 flagellomeric segments; the final segment, the largest, forms a club (11 segments with pedicellus, annulus and scape ). The legs are 5-segmented. Wings with strongly reduced venation, no cells. The host on which these riders parasitize is unknown, but presumably, like other species of the genus, they are egg parasitoids of the winged insects (cicadas from the families Cicadellidae and Cercopidae ) [1] .
Etymology
The species was first described in 2010 by the American entomologist John Huber (Huber, JT; Entomology Research Museum) and was named for the white color of the antennae club [1] .
See also
- Goetheana pushkini
Notes
- β 1 2 3 4 5 Huber, JT; Read, JD; van Noort, S. The genus Ooctonus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Afrotropical Region, with comments on other Southern Hemisphere species (English) // African entomology . - 2010 .-- Vol. 18, no. 2 . - P. 221-234. doi: 10.4001 / 003.018.0205
- β Noyes, JS Ooctonus (English) . Universal Chalcidoidea Database . The Natural History Museum (www.nhm.ac.uk) (June 2012). Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
Literature
- Huber, JT Revision of Ooctonus in the Neotropical region and comparison with Boudiennyia (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) (English) // Zootaxa . - Auckland: Magnolia Press, 2013 .-- Vol. 3701, no. 1 . - P. 1-23. - ISSN 1175-5326 . doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.3701.1.1
- Huber, JT; Read, JD; van Noort, S. 2010: The genus Ooctonus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Afrotropical Region, with comments on other Southern Hemisphere species. African entomology, 18 (2): 221-234. doi: 10.4001 / 003.018.0205
- Triapitsyn, SV Revision of the Palaearctic species and review of the Oriental species of Ooctonus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with notes on extralimital taxa (Eng.) // Zootaxa . - Auckland: Magnolia Press, 2010 .-- Vol. 2381. - P. 1-74. - ISSN 1175-5326 .
Links
- Noyes, JS Ooctonus (English) . Universal Chalcidoidea Database . The Natural History Museum (www.nhm.ac.uk) (June 2012). Date of treatment August 28, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
- Ooctonus Haliday. waspweb.org. Iziko Museums of South Africa
- Key to afrotropical species of Ooctonus. waspweb.org. Iziko Museums of South Africa
- eol.org